Menno Feenstra looks at the opera.
Today: Monteverdi, Haydn & Gluck.
1. Claudio Monteverdi. From: "L’Orfeo"
a. Toccata 1.38
b. Prologo 5.44
c. Finale I 9.36
Lynne Dawson – La Musica. Anthony Rolfe-Johnson – Orfeo. Juliarine Baird – Euridice. The Monteverdi Choir. The Eglish Baroque Soloists. His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts led by John Eliot Gardiner.
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2. Joseph Haydn. From: "Orfeo ed Euridice"
1st act: duet Orfeo and Euridice. 17.34
Cecilia Bartoli – Euridice. Uwe Heilmann – Orfeo.
Roberto Scaltriti – Corista I.
The Academy of Ancient Music
led by Christopher Hogwood.
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3. Christoph Willibald Gluck.
From: "Orfeo ed Euridice" Act II/2 16.27
Marjana Lipovsek – Orfeo. Lucia Popp – Euridice.
Choir and orchestra from the Bavarian network
led by Leopold Hager.
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